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Developed by Consult Australia and Engineers Australia, this guide offers insights and information to help businesses attract, recruit and retain engineers with overseas qualifications

If you carry out professional or technical engineering work in one or more of the prescribed areas of engineering in the building industry, you will need to be registered as a building engineering practitioner in Western Australia (WA) under the Building Services (Registration) Regulations 2011 (WA) and you may need to have your qualifications, experience and competencies assessed. 

This document will guide you through the different assessment pathways and show you how to complete your assessment with Engineers Australia.

Engineers Australia's submission to Jobs and Skills Australia recommends better recognition of overseas STEM qualifications, forecasting net-zero workforce trends, developing profiles for emerging roles and investigating the latent engineering workforce to tackle skills shortages.

People awards acknowledge individual engineers for outstanding innovation and resourcefulness in their work. Six awards are available based on the three occupational categories. 

This handbook provides everything you need to know about nominating for the 2025 award. 

The Project of the Year Award recognises Australia’s top engineering projects and the teams behind them. These projects inspire and encourage engineering distinction through teamwork, innovation and technical excellence. 

This handbook provides everything you need to know about nominating for the 2025 award. 

Australian Energy Market Operator CEO and engineer Daniel Westerman delves into the technology that will enable Australia to meet 100 per cent renewable energy generation and the role engineers will play in its creation and upkeep. 

Engineers Australia welcomes the Workplace Gender Equality Agency public gender pay gap reporting initiative. The gender pay gap remains a persistent challenge in Australia and across many industries, and we support increased reporting, transparency and accountability as important steps to closing it.

Cyber engineering involves the design, implementation, operation, maintenance, response and improvement of information security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability and safety of systems and system security measures to assure the security of hardware, software, firmware and network components used to store, process, transmit, actuate and sense systems.

This policy outlines your CPD requirements, approved CPD types and conditions, audit and practice review requirements and the part-time work and career break provisions. CPD is a process to maintain your competencies and stay current with evolving technologies and industry standards to maintain your Chartered and National Engineering Register (NER) credentials and statutory registration.

Continuing professional development (CPD) can involve a variety of activities to help you maintain your Chartered and National Engineering Register (NER) credentials and statutory registration requirements, by staying up to date with best practices, ethical standards and new innovations in your Area of Practice.

Engineers Australia's WA election priorities include sustainable and resilient infrastructure; a comprehensive WA energy transition plan; building a skilled and diverse workforce; a nationally consistent engineering registration scheme and the appointment of a WA Chief Engineer.

Over the past year, AI (and specifically GenAI) capabilities has become a topic which is hard to miss. Many of these discussions revolve around the future and how AI will impact the workforce. This report explores how AI and GenAI technologies have transformed engineering businesses and the workforce, and, importantly, how they will evolve. 

Engineers Australia provides nine recommendations for the infrastructure plan ahead of the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games 2032.

Simone Costello and Millie Simpson from ARUP look into the possibilities for the water and energy sectors to work together to service the growing green hydrogen industry.

Watch Simone and Millie discuss their paper here.

An explainer article exploring key circular economy concepts and case studies, and the role of the engineering profession in supporting a transition to a more circular economy.

A discussion paper by the Transport Australia society about designing urban streets to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists, without unduly restricting other vehicle movement.

Our submission emphasises the essential role of engineering in enabling Australia's circular economy, highlighting that government support and strategic roles for engineering input in policymaking are necessary to overcome barriers and harness opportunities.

Summary numbers and facts for Australian higher education in engineering and related technologies by Engineers Australia and the Australian Council of Engineering Deans.